*Please note: Application dates and award amounts may change. Check the websites for each scholarship for the most up-to-date information.

Anchor Scholarship Foundation 

Deadlines: Two-Part Application Process

STEP I – MARCH 1ST, 11:59 PM EST
STEP II – APRIL 1ST, 11:59 PM EST

 

Description: Anchor Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships to eligible family members (children and spouses) of active duty, retired, and honorably discharged Surface Navy personnel.

In the past 37y ears , Anchor Scholarship Foundation has awarded over $1,000,000 in scholarships to over 1,000 recipients. In 2018 alone, ASF awarded 43 scholarships (13 of which were renewable) valued at over $128,000. 

Anchor scholarships are awarded based upon an equal weighting of academic performance, character, extracurricular activities and financial need.  Endowed and administered scholarships have additional criteria; not every applicant is eligible for every endowed or administered scholarship. 

Eligibility Requirements:

There are several different types of scholarships; all of which can be applied for with ONE scholarship application.

Detailed information about specific scholarships can be found on the corresponding pages.

ALL recipients must submit the Anchor Scholarship application to be considered for ANY of these scholarships.   

Chief Petty Officer Scholarship Fund

Application Window: January 1 through April 1

Description: Where It All Began: In November 1994, the USS CHIEF (MCM14) was commissioned in honor of the dedicated service of the Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy, as well as for the honored wartime service of her namesake, USS CHIEF (AM315), and she sails today as a testament to that tradition.

The planning and all subsequent activities leading up to the commissioning was all Chief Petty Officer evolution. One of the significant results of the event was the creation of the Chief Petty Officer Scholarship Fund (CPOSF). The fund came to fruition with the signing of the Charter of the Chief Petty Officer Scholarship Fund in January 1998 at the U.S. Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA) in Newport, Rhode Island.

Eligibility: Candidates submitting scholarship applications must, in the year of submission of their scholarship application: 

  • be about to graduate or have graduated from an accredited high school, or equivalent educational institution or have successfully earned a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) 
  • must intend to enter, or be currently enrolled in a community college, vocational college, college or university to complete the curriculum prescribed in or to be graduated with an AA, AS, BA or BS degree. 
  • must be the immediate family member of either an active duty, retired, reserve or deceased Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy (children may be natural, adopted or step-children) 

Dolphin Scholarship Foundation 

Application Window: October 1 through March 15

Description: 

Currently, Dolphin Scholarship Foundation sponsors 113 ongoing DOLPHIN SCHOLARSHIPS and 13 Administered Scholarships with annual grants ranging from $1,500 – $4,000 per student for two-year or four-year full-time undergraduate studies as well as students pursuing trade/vocational certification.

Approximately 30-40 new scholarships are awarded each year. All scholars are selected on the basis of academic proficiency as well as commitment and excellence in school and community activities. Although not a part of the actual selection process, financial need is considered once all financial aid assistance for an applicant has been determined. Since our founding over 60 years ago, Dolphin Scholarship Foundation has granted over $14,000,000 to more than 1,500 outstanding students attending universities and colleges throughout the U.S.

SPOUSE SCHOLARSHIPS

We understand the hard work and many sacrifices that our military spouses make while keeping things together at home, oftentimes putting their own goals and ambitions on hold. We hope that by offering scholarships to eligible spouses working toward their first undergraduate degree or trade/vocational certification, we can provide assistance in making some of those goals achievable.

The Tailhook Association 

Application Window: December 15 through March 1

Description: 

Here is a quick review of our Tailhook Educational Foundation (TEF) scholarship process. Our scholarship application window is open each year from 15 December through 1 March. TEF’s scholarship committee, consisting of about 10 board members and academic professionals, reviews the 500–600 applications for several weeks. The more than 100 scholarship awardees receive notification in May of their selection to receive a TEF grant for the upcoming academic year. Applicants are eligible to receive scholarships each year they are enrolled in an accredited undergraduate program. However, they must apply and compete for a TEF scholarship each year. Please believe us when we say the competition for these valuable TEF grants remains fierce. By June, the awardees are assigned to a specific scholarship, with our highest scoring awardees receiving TEF’s top valued scholarships. TEF issues the grant checks to each student via their school bursar office in August. TEF also updates our “Scholars and Donors” webpages in August with the latest list of scholarship awardees and sponsors.


Eligibility Requirements:

​High school graduate and child or grandchild of a current or former Naval Aviator, Naval Flight Officer, 
or Air-crewman.

- Or - 

Children / grandchildren of individuals who served onboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. 

- And -

Accepted for undergraduate enrollment at an accredited college.

Wings Over America

Deadline: October 1 pre-qualification opens, February 1 pre-qualification closes, March 1 application due

Award Amount: ~$5,000

Description: The Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation is sponsoring over 50 scholarships to further the post secondary education of Navy dependents from the aviation community. Most scholarships are $3,800 and some are renewable. Scholarships can only be used for tuition charged by the college. This is for undergraduate work only and Reserve Officer Candidate Programs (full scholarship students including service academies) or any other full scholarship recipients are not eligible.

Eligibility Requirements:

DEPENDENT CHILDREN CANDIDATES

Children are defined as: natural born, adopted or stepchildren, unmarried, up to the age of 22 on March 1st of applying year. Those who are children (no grandchildren) of a sponsor must be graduates or graduating seniors of an accredited high school or an equivalent home school or institution and must plan to attend an accredited academic institution in the 2019-2020 school year. College students must be enrolled in a regionally accredited Trade/Technical School, College or University as a full time student taking a minimum of 12 credits in order to graduate with an A.A., A.S, B.A. or B.S degree or industry certification.  Children of a sponsor can receive up to four (4) awards.

DEPENDENT SPOUSE CANDIDATES

Those who are spouses of a sponsor must plan to be, or are currently enrolled in a regionally accredited Trade/Technical School, College or University as a full time or part time student, taking a minimum of 6 credit hours per semester (12 per year) in order to graduate with an A.A., A.S., B.A. or B.S. degree or industry certification. No scholarships are awarded for Graduate programs/study.

Should the scholarship recipient fail to maintain the required criteria (ex: dropping out) the scholarship award must be returned or reimbursed to the Foundation. Spouses may recieve an unlimited number of awards while pursuing an A.A., A.S., B.A. or B.S. degree.